SECTION 435:15-3-1. Qualification; application

(a)   Qualifications. No license shall be issued unless an applicant:

(1)   Submits an application and other information pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) and remits the required fee;

(2)   Has successfully completed an educational program for physician assistants accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, or prior to 2001, either by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation, or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The board may also issue a license to an applicant who does not meet the educational requirement specified in this section, but who passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants prior to 1986;

(3)   Has passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;

(4)   Jurisprudence examination.

(A)   Has responded correctly to seventy-five (75) percent or greater questions on a jurisprudence examination prepared by the board staff. The examination shall include:

(i)   The Physician Assistant Act; and

(ii)   Significant state statutes or rule impacting physician assistant practice.

(B)   The board shall supply the applicant with a copy of the statues, rules, or other material from which the examination is based while the applicant is completing the examination.

(C)   An applicant that does not meet the requirement under subsection (4)(i) after three attempts shall meet with the secretary of the board to create a study plan prior to reexamination;

(5)   Does not hold a license or registration as a physician assistant that is currently under discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation relating to practice as a physician assistant. The board may waive this paragraph (6);

(6)   Pursuant to 59 O. S. § 519.4, be of good moral character; and

(7)   For a renewal application, has met the continuing medical education requirements pursuant to 435:15-3-17.

(b)   Application.

(1)   The applicant shall complete an application form approved by the board and such additional forms necessary for the board to consider the application and the qualifications of the applicant.

(2)   Pursuant to 59 O.S. § 519.6, the application shall include:

(A)   A description of the physician's practice,

(B)   Methods of supervising and utilizing the physician assistant, and

(C)   Names of alternate supervising physicians who will supervise the physician assistant in the absence of the primary supervising physician.

(3)   Renewal.

(A)   An application for renewal shall include any changes from the most recent application submitted to the board not previously submitted.

(B)   An applicant for renewal shall submit the examination under subsection (a)(4).

(C)   An application for renewal shall be submitted not later than March 31 of each calendar year.

(D)   A license shall expire if a renewal application is not submitted by March 31.

(E)   A renewal application submitted between April 1 and May 31 must be accompanied by the late fee pursuant to 435:1-1-7(a)(2)(E).

(F)   An application after May 31 shall be considered an initial application.

(4)   Return to practice.

(A)   Application.This subsection (a)(4) shall apply to an applicant that is clinically inactive.

(B)   In addition to complying with the provision of this section 435:15-3-1, an applicant under this subsection (a)(4) shall:

(i)   Complete a reentry plan approved by the board or a board designee; and

(ii)   Comply with any practice conditions approved by the board.

(c)   Other information. An applicant shall submit or make available any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant.

[Source: Amended at 10 Ok Reg 4377, eff 7-27-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2331, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2022, eff 5-26-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 378, eff 10-6-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1214, eff 5-14-99; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1102, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 946, eff 8-26-16]